As a huge Alamo fan, I like this movie. Despite the bad reviews, I think it's much better than given credit for and of the two major Alamo movies, this one and the Wayne one, it is the more historically correct. I believe John Hancock did the best he could with what he had to work with. Whatever failure there was, I think it comes from Disney. They wanted a historical epic on a shoestring budget. If Ron Howard had gotten his way with the higher budget, this movie would've been so much better. Howard wanted to do it with totally realistic battle scenes and was shooting for an R rating. But Disney would have none of it. They wanted a more family oriented film without all the blood and gore flying about. I also think Disney just wanted a film to fill space and didn't care if it was a success or not. Just a write off. Alot of Alamo fans like myself are hoping that one day, John Hancock will be allowed to release a directors cut of the film that would have some key scenes that were shot, but Disney ordered cut to keep it within certain time limits.
